The U.S. Congress finally seems ready to take action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) after funding lapsed on 30 September. Before the deadline, lawmakers were busy grappling with the failed repeal of the Affordable Care Act. CHIP covers 9 million children in the United States. But…

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by Heather Galloway As a “girl” with autism, the subject of girls and autism is dear to my heart. In spite of the questions I get about girls and autism, until now, I hadn’t prepared an adequate response. I simply told people what it was like for me and gave a really general answer. So, I decided to…

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